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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]bingo.

adoption does not equal train wreck.

it is so stigmatized.

and parents with problem kids may console themselves that the kid came with issues. read the special needs thread on this forum. it is full of posts about troubled kids, the vast majority of whom were not adopted into their families.

Having said that, IF a child was subjected to abuse or neglect early on. Or to drugs/alcohol in the womb, they are definitely more likely to have problems. But that is because of their early exposures, NOT adoption.  Those two things need to be separated in the discussion.[/quote]

I was shocked at how many people assumed that adopted meant major issues.  A co-worker refused to let her dc play with my foster dd (now adopted but foster at the time) Why?  She was afraid that since my dd had been sexually abused she would sexually abuse other children.  The only problem was my foster dd was NEVER sexually abused, never had a history of acting out, and certainly wasn't sexually acintg out.  Co-worker had just heard so many horror stories that she assumed.

Many other people have told me how difficult it will be adopting an older foster child.  Still waiting for my straight A,  teenage,  sweetheart to be "so difficult".[/quote]

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